Little House on the Prairie Community

Little House on the Prairie fans are in full force throughout the world. This section is dedicated entirely to telling your stories. Here you will find featured interviews, fan-submitted artwork, and personal essays. Read the full index of Community posts here.

About Melissa Sue Anderson

Mary Ingalls: God’s world isn’t fear and hate. It’s love, its understanding. Woman: Amen to that! Mary Ingalls: And learning is part of that understanding. Season 4, Episode 15 “Whisper Country” Early Life and Career Born September 26, 1962, in Berkeley, California to James and Marion Anderson, [1] Melissa moved to southern California with her…

About Blanche Hanalis

“I’m often overwhelmed by the thought that what I have written is reaching an audience of forty or fifty million people in a single night.” Blanche Hanalis in The Television Writer’s Handbook Early Life and Career of Blanche Hanalis Blanche Hanalis was born December 11, 1915, in Ohio, but grew up in the Chicago area….

Laura Ingalls Wilder and Me: A Prairie Girl’s Faith

“As a child, I learned my Bible lessons by heart, in the good old-fashioned way, and once won the prize for repeating correctly . . . verses from the Bible.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder I would never have written A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder if Spring Ridge School hadn’t…

Cloth Diapering on the Prairie versus Today

“In the morning after the chores and the house-work were done, Laura and Mary studied their books. In the afternoons Ma heard their lessons. Then they might play or sew their seams.” On the Banks of Plum Creek The Ingalls family lived a simpler life than most families today, but in many ways, the everyday…

About Alison Arngrim

“Mother says we’re not like the rest of the children.” Season 2, Episode 11, The Gift Alison Arngrim’s Early Years Alison Arngrim is a natural-born performer with a love for people and a gift for making them laugh. So, not surprisingly, she entered the entertainment field at a young age, starting out in commercials and…

About Richard Bull

“You know, an animal is no different than a person. It needs to be with someone who loves it.” Nels Oleson speaking quietly to Laura Ingalls on the front stoop of his home. Season 3, Episode 2 “Bunny” RICHARD BULL’S EARLY YEARS Richard Bull was born June 26, 1924 in Zion, Illinois about 50 miles…